New York City Lifts Vaccine Mandates for School Activities, Private Employers

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New York City has lifted its requirement for students to be vaccinated to participate in school sports and extracurricular activities, and will also scrap the inoculation mandate for private-sector employees, Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday, while keeping an order for municipal employees intact.

The mandate for private-sector employees will be lifted effective Nov. 1, but Adams said that the city was not prepared to remove a requirement for municipal employees. More than 1,400 city employees were fired earlier this year for refusing to comply with the mandate.

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